Perch for fowls.



J. D. GARMIGHABL.

PERGH FOR FOWLS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1908.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

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JOSEPH D. CARMICHAEL, OF FAIRMONT, NEBRASKA.

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Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Application filed Kovember 5, 1908. Serial No. 461,22Q.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr D. CAR- MICHAEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairmont, in the county of Fillmore and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Perches for Fowls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to perches for domesticfowls, and has for its object the provision of'a construction of perch by which an insecticide is contained in the perch bars, said bars being formed in two detachable strips one of which strips is grooved to receive a fabric wick for holding the insectisaid structure of the perches in. two pieces admitting of dismembering the perch bars for cleansing them and renewing the wick when necessary.

The construction and operation'of my invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whichv Figure 1 is a view in perspective of one of my improved perch bars, Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 8, a cross section.

In the drawings similar reference charac-- ters indicate corresponding parts in all of' the views My improved perch two parts 1 and 2. The part 1 is rovided with ya channel 3 in its upper sur ace that extends from end to end of the bar to receive art 2 which is secured therein by means of threaded fastenings 4 or in any other suit-' able manner.

5 indicates a groove in the base of channel 3 that is narrower and shorter than the chanbar consists of the 'over the wick nel, and 6 indicates a wick made of a strip of fabric secured between the base of the channel and the bottom of part 2; said groove catchin and retaining excess in secticide poure into'the channel to saturate the wick through ends of part 2.

In operation when the perch is assembled and the wick saturated with insecticide the fumes therefrom will esca e through the cracks between the sides 0 channel 3'and strip 2 and coverin the fowls roosting on the perch bar will e ectually relieve them of lice and other vermin.' 1

Having thus described my invention what I claim 1s- 1 1. In a perch for fowls, a bar havin its top face formed with a channel exten ing from end to end of the bar, a groove in the base of the channel narrower and shorter than the channel, a wick seated on the base of the channel over the groove, and a strip secured in the channel over the wick.

2. In a perch for fowls, a bar formed with a channel, a groove in the base of the channel narrower and shorter than. the channel, a wick seated on the base of the channel over the groove, and a strip secured in the channel and provided with a hole through which to insert an insecticide to saturate the wick.

hole 7 in either or both In testimony whereof I'hereto afiix my signature in the presence of witnesses.

JOSEPH n. OARMIOHAEL.

'Witnesses:

SAM B. IIAMS, HENRY J. HOFFMANN, H. E. WOOD. 

